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While i’m not trying to make this a series of posts (first one here!<\/a>) Tuesday night was my second Amitpro\u00a0\/ Midlands SBS Group<\/a>\u00a0meeting and since i’m still pretty new to it all i thought i’d post about my experiences (thats sort of the point of having a blog right?!)<\/p>\n

The guest speaker at the event was Gareth Brown, one of the SBSC PALS for the UK, director of Sytec<\/a>, respected contributer to the community in the UK and all round nice guy<\/p>\n

Gareth was there to talk about “solution selling” (with\u00a0a focus on SPLA<\/a>) and basically explain how his business makes money! I came away with pages of notes and ideas in mind that will take me until the next meeting to digest<\/p>\n

Gareth is billed to speak at the SBSC pre-event sessions at some of the upcoming “Techincal Roadshow for Channel”<\/a>\u00a0events (as is Vijay) so if your planning on going make sure you pay attention!<\/p>\n

After meeting Gareth twice now i’ve learnt a valuable lesson.<\/p>\n

Lurking online isn’t enough. You have to be there in person if you want to know about the community.<\/p>\n

Why do i say this? Have a look for Gareth’s blog, his facebook profile or however else you degine your “online identity”. You wont find it!<\/p>\n

It’s getting out there and meeting people is where it counts.<\/p>\n

It took Gareth three hours to get there and he didn’t get home until midnight. That’s commitment to your fellow professionals!<\/p>\n

I do suggest you read Vijay’s post<\/a>\u00a0as it sums it up far better than i can at this late hour!<\/p>\n

All in all i throughly enjoyed it again (it was even better that\u00a0i didn’t have to travel a couple of hundred miles this time!) and i’m looking forward to making my own contribution where i can<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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